Come join us at “The Shape of Hope” book launch on Friday 29 April at 5.30pm. There will be book readings, live music and canapes at The Mercy Hub, 617 Nicholson St Carlton North. This beautiful collection of personal stories, written by Hope Co-op board...
A compensation claim is being heard after the immigration department published personal information about almost 10,000 people on its website, which was accessed globally. An immigration department data breach meant the details of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, more...
After becoming a teacher, and then principal of a number of secondary schools in Melbourne’s Western suburbs Sr Brigid Arthur started up the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project where she has worked for the past twenty years. Listen to ABC radio program here (13...
Sr Brigid addresses “Walk for Justice & fair go for Refugees” rally on Palm Sunday, 28 March 2021 outside the State Library Victoria: I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand – the peoples of the Kulin nation and I...
Just a few months ago, Mizamu Mahari could not have imagined he would be living on a farm two hours from Melbourne, gingerly stepping into a saddle on a horse. “To be honest, it’s not like the city,” he said. The 28 year-old electrical specialist...
I am writing to make people aware of the difficult situation refugees have to endure. Mardin Arvin in immigration detention in Melbourne: ‘On 17 December I was forcibly transferred to another prison – from incarceration in the Mantra Bell City hotel to the Park Hotel...
